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Letter says there is danger of Lords losing legitimacy as more than 1,000 amendments tabled, delaying any vote

No more concessions, says minister after legislation was thwarted in upper house despite manifesto climbdown

Lord Dannatt will be barred from the Lords for four months while Lord Evans of Watford will be suspended for five months

The party said Mr Walker is a committed champion for families dealing with the cost of living.

It is hard to miss James Orr — with his slicked-back mane of blond hair, booming voice and all the confidence of a Wykehamist and an Oxford Balliol graduate, he could easily play the quintessential stage Englishman in a stage adaptation of Agatha Christie. A hybrid of academic and ideologue,…

Exclusive: Former union bosses and Labour staffers on list as prime minister aims to balance chamber

Exclusive: Former deputy PM understood to have accepted compromise on day-one rights, after ‘considerable anger’ over Lords intervention

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The six-month qualifying period for protection from unfair dismissal is a step in the right direction, which should have been taken long ago – but this dangerous habit of breaking manifesto pledges is compounding a crisis of trust in politics

Downing Street brushes off claims that the chancellor misled voters about the state of the public finances ahead of the budget